Migration challenges and the deal to reform the EU asylum agency
In the first sign of any real movement on the migration issue in the EU in the past five years, member states reached a deal this week to strengthen the EU’s asylum agency. European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas said the agreement is a “first important foundation” in the effort to build an effective European-wide asylum system. Expert Angeliki Dimitriadi joins The Greek Current to break down this latest agreement, and to look at the broader challenges still facing the EU and frontline states like Greece when it comes to migration.
Angeliki Dimitriadi is Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Migration Programme at ELIAMEP - the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy - where her research focuses on Europe, particularly front-line countries and countries of transit.
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